Blog Posts - Animal Intelligence

The common cuttlefish (Sepia officinalis). Image courtesy of Hans Hillewaert, Creative Commons (CC BY-SA 4.0). Joel Kontinen Cuttlefish are cunning creatures. They can stop breathing to evade predators, and they are the true champions of steal...

One of the unexpected consequences of Christian theology is the ongoing insistence in science that human beings are qualitatively different from other animals. Actually, it goes back to the Hebrew Bible and the concept of “the image of God.” As &...

Bumblebees are amazingly smart. Image courtesy of Bernie Kohl, public domain. Joel Kontinen Small creatures can be surprisingly intelligent. Ants seem to be able to count. Honeybees might build a mental map and their waggle dance is truly ama...

By Victoria GillScience reporter, BBC NatureAnt colonies - one of nature's most ancient and efficient societies - are able to form a "collective memory" of their enemies, say scientists.When one ant fights with an intruder from another colony it reta...